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No need to be bloodied to use your second wind. If the hit points gained from the second wind are more than the number of hit points below your maximum, you regain up to your maximum hit points.

If you're alluding to the concept of an opt-in/tiered level of complexity that Mearls has been brain-stewing as a possiblity for a future edition, and figuring out how to translate that into future products (i.e. a campaigns setting that is all Es at once!) I can't actually imagine what that's...

That's awesome. Will definitely try it out then when I get the chance.

I don't think of this is the heart of the problems - IP, legal or game design - behind making a good D&D game, but this is a very valid complaint. Developing video games is so expensive now. Back in the old days it only cost some tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to make a D&D...

I hate HATE when that happens. I was never a good student, but I always make sure my character is sheet is properly ready before a game. :D Being part of a D&D group is like being in a high school classroom. Everybody forgets their homework, speaks out of turn and when their turn comes to speak...

Agreed. Considering how Eberron finds ways to recontextualize class concepts into various professions ('inquisitive', 'bounty hunter', 'chronicler') I think it's a setting that could benefit with the Neverwinter-style of themes. I think it's a mistake to think that themes should perfectly...

Great recommends all! Too bad I don't have a D&D Insider account! (Mostly because Internet here doesn't justify its use, now that many of the drawing factors - like the Char Builder - are now online use only.) The initiative tracker looks like something she'll really appreciate. She's usually...

I think 'theme' isn't really meant to suggest that the player character is necessarily 'themed' in a particular way. Obviously, an Arena Style Fighter who takes the Templar build doesn't become a Templar. Instead I think of Themes as something that indicates talents and abilities that the...

So my girlfriend just acquired an iTouch and the first thing she wants is a bunch of apps she can use to run and plan her D&D games, as well as run her characters. So does anyone have any recommended – ideally free – apps for running or playing D&D4E? We don’t live in a country that has...

I don't really identify with geek or nerd, insofar as people in my neck of the woods understand it, insofar as people I've just met try to make a lot of assumptions about me because of it. People know I run and play a lot of D&D 4th Edition, yet many of them assume that I have a long love for...

As someone who really enjoys trying out pre-written adventure content, I can say that the adventures have substantially improved since the start of this year. My favorite is January's "Bark at the Moon," a level 6 adventure focusing on a war between werewolves and eladrin is pretty well written...

Insofar as freely available (and mostly accurate) resources on Eberron are concerned, you might want to try the Grand History of Eberron. It's a linear description of Eberron's history, but it's also easily searchable. The Grand History of Eberron Also, a lot of lore experts can be found at...

Exactly. What systems like 4E have done is basically try to take away the DM error factor in which bad / unfun / frustrating encounters resulted in malicious design or a poor grasp of how 'challenge' is outputted by the system math. Now, when you pull the screen away and see what elements the...

That's the Athasian version of the story.

I agree with the idea that a game's lethality is not edition-bound, but DM-determined. I agree with this. I think these characters may have heroic qualities, heroic power levels when compared to the average Tiefling, Dragonborn and Human but that doesn't make them heroes. To me, 4E characters...

Makati. Which may or may not be currently reflected in my profile info. :P LOL, I did not notice this post. Actually, I currently work for Fully Booked, so I'd have no problems ordering stuff from Amazon through them. If you meant 4E stuff, they already carry a few (just a few) 4th Edition...

Right. I neglected to be specific on that. :P Thanks for calling me out on that. Those are great and I steal them quite a bit. I've never had any problems with the published DM content that Schwalb has done.

I agree with this whole heartedly. Schwalb is a great writer, especially if you read adventure content and campaign books. Because of that I tend to overlook some of his mechanical shortcomings, which don't really stick out in those kinds of products, since a consumer's focus is on story and...

Well, insofar as products are concerned, I recommend enumerating most of the Core or Essentials products. However: * DON'T say what book and product combination is best to start with. * DO say what purpose each purchase will serve. Another important consideration is to contextualize each...

I can see why someone would think this is the "Only Talk About 4E' in a good light sub-forum, considering how many of the mainstays always argue in favor of Essentials. However, I think it's a mistake to think that people who support Essentials or anything else that falls under the umbrella of...